The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-03-24

Tie Coming EquipOlse.
It's q Fixed law, In the physical
world, that = pendulum Will swing
equal distances from the center Of
gravity. While the great social pen
dulum o. life, which ought TO be gov
ernsd by the same law as the physi-
cal, presents the strange phenomenon
ofsWinging almost entirely "lop"-
sided. Nov either one or the other
must be done. Change the "beat, -
OF else move the center Of gravity; al
%, In the same world Of physical law,
It is . simple fact, that two halves
make one whole; but IN the social
world, what men have always called
the 'better-half," have ia reality
been bat q small fraction ofthe whole,
aud from that hack decimally to moth
ing ct all. think the idea Of the in
equality Of women to men, goes back
10 the very dawn Of civilization,
when mere brute strength was the
only attribute that WAs respected, and
to-day the mate feeling Of man In bis
superior physical strength, Is to pro-
tect women rather than to tyranize
over her. Just In proportion, as the
mental world hss writhed from IN
der the heel Of physical force, just in
exactly the same ratio, has the social
plane Of women been raised. AS civ
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become mentally and morally i'm
proved, they always have a democrat
ie tendency, and democracy inevita-
bly, leads to individuality, and To be
iDdividualiEed, IL the ultimatum Of
the social equality Of the sexes. For,
place women on exactly the same
plane, aud the political economy"
Of the social world. will by the simple
adjustment Of the law Of Eternal
fltness," place men aud women in
exactly their proper sphere. Women
have always been the equal Of men in
ali, save mere brute strength. Hand
On hand, and side by side, woman has
marched with man, through all the
ages past, and yet she has always
been considered a sort Of an adden.
dun 10 man, and-tAeitly at least
besn considered his slave. In the
Orient you will see her sold in the
slave markets OF COnstantinOple TO
grace the harem Of some rich Turk
ish Lcrd. And in the Occident you
will see her sold at the affairs Of chris
tain churches, 90 grace (e)the Hone"
rather Lair, =" OF some rich old rake.
Woman is the great solar light Of the
social world, and nearly al the hap
piRess ia this world that is vOuch
safsd 10 mortal man comes from her.
In some OF the happy buOyant hours
OF her life, see her as she dances the
Filing" xvi her Jamie" in the ''hie-
lEndsn OF Scotland. And as she
Whiris round and round I'm the Tyth-
mic waltz, with her Fritz i'm the
Sutherland, or as with her Spanish
lover she dances the FandangO 10 the
tinkling Of the castOnets ofthe stOried
aEndl Of Andalusia, or more beauti- |
ful than all, as with her dArk-glauc-
ing eyes, and twinkling feet, she |
dances with her "Peppo" the Tarran- |
teila, on the sunny plains Of Italy. /
And In the dark hours that TRY mems /
souls" who or what but woman,
c0sld cheer back 10 forgetfulness aud |
hope, the bruised heart, and in the /
pnlsa1ons Of the great moral world, |
its very life blood IL furnished by the |
warm pure hearts Of woman. There /
is never q birth and scarcely q death p 1
On the world that woman Is not there, /
and let US hope the hour IL nigh when /
she viii be recognized as q peer aud
sovereign in all time and in all /
lands. GEORGE CPP.